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    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are workingplay

    Synonyms:

    baby minder; babyminder; minder

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("minder" is a kind of...):

    keeper (someone in charge of other people)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitorsplay

    Example:

    I turned around and there, a few hundred feet away, was our government minder, Li Wong Su, huffing and puffing toward us

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("minder" is a kind of...):

    escort (an attendant who is employed to accompany someone)

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